Pearl Lakeshores.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and these days the scouts have been dispatched, covering hundreds of miles around.

The army of darkness never appeared.

In the evening of this day, there was smoke in the camps everywhere, although there were 90,000 troops stationed, the atmosphere was not tense, and the soldiers did not feel much of the atmosphere of war.

Of course, the ease was only those ordinary soldiers who were on Joseph. Martin and the generals at the rank of commander were living every day as if they were facing a great enemy, and they were afraid that the dark army would emerge from some unexpected place.

Twenty days passed with anxiety, and there were less than ten days left before the return trip. In Joseph's view, even if he withdrew his troops now, it was actually possible, but of course he could not withdraw his troops rashly, and he still had to rely on the marshal's information.

It was time for dinner, and the attendant brought dinner to Joseph's tent, and the food was simple, two slices of roasted trout meat with mustard caught in the lake, a serving of raw coriander, and two slices of wheat bread sandwiched with salty cream.

Joseph ate casually as he handled the letters that had come from all over the world.

The epistle is divided into two parts, one is from the Church of Radiance, and they bring the situation of the keel hills.

In the Dragonbone Hill, the confrontations between the King Aoraki** team and the Dark Legion are becoming more and more frequent, and the strings are getting tighter and tighter, and the real decisive battle may break out at any time.

The other part is from the Mosalen Bridge, and the most recent letter has just arrived, in Rollin's own handwriting.

The letter said that their iron bird had ascended to the sky and was in place, and as long as the two sides of the dragon bone hill fought a decisive battle, they would immediately be able to participate in the battle. So the mission of the Southern Expeditionary Army has been completed and it is time to return.

Joseph was greatly relieved by the arrival of this letter, and casually finished the bread in his hand, raised his voice and said to the guards at the door: "Pass my order to let the generals come and discuss the matter." ”

"Yes. Commander! The guard answered and took the order.

As soon as the guard had been gone for a while, a scout rushed to the door of the tent, and the scout said urgently, "Commander, there is an emergency. ”

Joseph was startled. Hurriedly said: "Come in and talk." ”

The scout entered the tent and knelt down on one knee and reported: "An army of undead of about 10,000 was found seventy miles to the south, all of them high-ranking undead. Looking at the direction, it seemed that they had come out of Baiyun City and headed all the way south. ”

"Huh?" Joseph frowned: "Ten thousand." Are you sure? Are there no low-level undead? ”

The undead have always won by numbers, and now there are only 10,000, which is a bit strange.

"There are a few low-level undead, but there are very few, mixed with high-level undead, and the number is estimated to be only a few hundred."

Joseph was silent, ten thousand undead, this force is not very powerful. With their strength, they can completely exterminate Zhi, and to be honest, he is really a little moved.

"Are there any other undead around?" Joseph asked again.

"Didn't find it. This undead is the only team. The scout shook his head.

Joseph closed his eyes and pondered, and after a long time, he finally sighed and said, "Go down, I see." ”

He gave up, and it is true that the power of these ten thousand undead is not very strong. But not weak either, to annihilate this army. The army would have to move south, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no other accidents.

Their fighters were not ready. So he can't take any chances.

Soon after the scouts went down, the generals came, and when all ten men had arrived, Joseph took out Rollin's letter: "Marshal's letter, the affairs of the west are ready, and we can go back." ”

Each general watched it once, and everyone reacted differently, and Zacrow looked solemn, as if he was unwilling. Glewin, Yopney, Langergo, and others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's all go back and prepare, rest for the night, and leave tomorrow morning!" Joseph said.

"Wait." Zacrow spoke suddenly.

"Anything else?" Joseph asked.

"I heard that the scouts spotted a passing army of undead to the south? The number is only 10,000? Zacrow said.

"That's true, but it's none of our business anymore." Joseph's brow moved, he heard what Zacrow meant, this man wanted to intercept the army of the undead.

"There are only 10,000, how can we let them go, clear them, we can let the fighters get some experience in actual combat." Zacrow Road.

"No!" Joseph refused: "The marshal's order is to let us go back, I don't want to make trouble!" ”

But the marshal did not say that he would go back immediately, he only said that he could go back. Now that this army of the undead is alone, you see that they don't even have low-level undead, it is a great opportunity to exterminate them! ”

The most terrifying thing about the army of the undead is their number, as soon as they fight, those endless low-level undead cannon fodder surging over like a wave, and there is no way to resist it.

Zacquero said, and without waiting for Joseph's veto, he turned to the noble generals and said, "Do you think so?" ”

The four noble generals immediately stepped forward: "We all think this is a good opportunity. ”

"Glay, what do you think?" Zacrow looked at his deputy again.

Glewin shook his head solemnly: "This is the southern border, anything can happen." Zacrow, it's not worth the risk. ”

"Our soldiers are not ready!" Joseph was also a little annoyed that Zacro was faintly resisting his orders.

"It's the recruits who aren't ready. Commander. If you are not at ease, you can go north with new recruits, and we will lead 30,000 elites south. Once you destroy your opponents, we will follow you. ”

"Zacrow!" Joseph spoke in an accentuated tone, grasped the hilt of his sword in his hand, and said word by word: "I order all the armies to go north!" ”

"Joseph!" Zacrow did not back down: "You are only a temporary commander, now you are timid, let go of the great opportunity, I have the right to raise objections." A turtle with such a shrunken head can't fight the Dark Legion! ”

"Don't force me to use military orders!" Joseph gritted his teeth, he didn't expect things to come to this.

"Lando, you're crazy!" Glewin roared too.

"I'm not crazy. I just don't want to miss the opportunity to weaken the Dark Legion. And you are all cowards! Joseph, if you are going north, take the recruits with you. The warriors of the Duchy will not back down at this time! ”

"Warriors of the Duchy?" Joseph looked incredulous.

"They are also the warriors of the Silver Crusaders. But they are from the Duchy of Lehman, Joseph! Zacrow added, and then he turned to the four noble generals and said, "Let's go."

With that, he walked out of the tent on his own, and the four noble generals followed.

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became extremely depressing. The crowd was silent.

After a while, there was a commotion outside the tent, and Zacrow was heard shouting: "Warriors of the principality, there is an army of undead seventy miles to the south, follow me down south and destroy them!" ”

Joseph was astonished and rushed out of the tent to look. I saw that those soldiers who originally belonged to the Duchy of Lehman were actually gathered by Zacrow, and some new soldiers also followed them, looking at the number, there were at least more than 30,000.

These are elite fighters, and they are gathering quickly. Prepare to follow Zacrow out of the camp and march south.

The other recruits in the camp were confused, so, you look at me, I look at you, their faces full of confusion.

Joseph clenched his fists, and his face was as cold as frost.

Langergo took a step forward and said softly, "Commander, the battlefield military order is like a mountain. This Zacrow is guilty of a capital offense in doing so. Isn't it?"

The young man had the hilt of his sword in his hand, and his face was full of anger, and he followed Rollin all the time. throughout all his military career. Obedience to command came first, and all fighters who did not obey orders were beheaded by the marshal, without exception. Disobeying military orders is an absolute dead line in the marshal's army, not to mention touching, something that I dare not think of.

Now Zack's ** thing, in his opinion, is self-defeating. If he were to be in command today, Zacrow would not have been able to get out of the camp at all!

Of course. It was precisely because Joseph was the commander that he stayed up until now to speak. He wasn't the only one who thought so. Jopney, Swin, and Deens all had the same idea, and their faces were full of evil anger, as long as Joseph gave an order, they would immediately lead their subordinates to kill Zacrow and other five noble generals on the spot.

Glewin, who looked at him like this, felt a chill in his heart, for fear that Joseph would really give an order, so he hurriedly said: "Commander, it is not without benefit to divide the troops. It would be a good thing if we could exterminate that group of undead. ”

Seeing Joseph's face pale, his hand still holding the hilt of the sword, and the faint power of the sword, Glewin said in a low voice: "Kill the general, I'm afraid there will be turmoil in the army." ”

This worked, and Joseph finally let go of the hilt of his sword, and he only felt a depression in his chest, which was infuriated by these fellows.

After being silent for a while, he finally spoke: "Let's take the recruits north!" ”

Langergo was stunned for a moment, then understood, and sighed secretly: "This paladin is too soft. And that Zakro, those noble generals, are really arrogant! ”

He understood that this was happening, partly because Joseph was not decisive enough. On the other hand, it has something to do with the faint differences in the army, and today's incident is just a general outbreak of these differences, otherwise Zakro would not have been able to take those fighters with him at all.

It's just that Zacrow did such a thing, even if he defeated the undead, how could he go back and explain to the marshal? Did he think he could hold his troops to his own weight? Langergo really couldn't figure it out.

Subsequently, the army was divided into two groups, one group of 36,000 men, most of them elite, who followed Zacrow south to exterminate the undead.

Zacro's ability to lead the army is very good, and before he set off, an impassioned speech made the soldiers inspiring and fighting with high morale, and they rushed towards the undead with great momentum.

On the other side were more than 50,000 people, all recruits, in the paladin Joseph. Under the leadership of Martin, he did not wait for the next day, and left camp north overnight.

The situation of this recruit is relatively bad, and many recruits are still confused about what is going on. There are those who say that General Zakrow is a traitor, there are those who say that the commander Joseph is cowardly, and there are all kinds of rumors.

The recruits marched north in silence until the next afternoon, when they set up camp and rested. Martin finally showed up and began to reassure the recruits, which put some of the chaos to bay, but morale was still low.

Looking at the confused faces, Joseph. Martin's heart was full of bitterness and loss, he didn't expect that a good southern expedition plan would turn out like this.

He felt that he was sorry for the trust of Count Maple Leaf, and he was angry that he had not taken the opportunity to split the army yesterday.

After thinking about it, he came to the conclusion that he might not be fit to be the commander of the army.

After resting for the night, the army continued to move north, and the situation in the army was still the same. Silence, depression, and confusion until noon, when suddenly the sound of horses' hooves came from behind.

After a while, a bloodied scout ran after the group, reached the front of the group, and handed Joseph a blood-stained paperwork.

Joseph opened it and looked at it, and immediately felt a blackness in front of him.

Because, Zacrow is defeated! (To be continued)